Tailpiece connecter for violins and the like



Feb. 10, 1931. SECKENDQRF 1,791,977

TAILPIECE CONNECTER FOR VIOLINS AND THE LIKE Filed June 1, 1929 M yen/or.-

Patented Feb. 10, 1931 PAUL SECKENDOBF, OI MABKNEUKIRCHEN, GERMANY TAILPIECE CONNECTER FOR VIOLINS AND THE LIKE Application filed June 1, 1929, Serial No. 387,698, and in Germany November 90, 1928.

The tailpieces of violins and similar stringed musical instruments are generally connected to the tail pins by means of a gut, the ends of which are tied together, or by means of a loop of ordinary wire. Proper adjustment of the connection is in both instances difiicult, and the gut or wire usually hasto be renewed after each removal of the tailpiece from the instrument.

The object of the present invention is t produce a tailpiece connection which can be readily adjusted and detached, without being rendered useless, and the invention consists in the provision of a flexible metal strap and of means for anchoring the ends of the strap detachably to the tailpiece. The strap is adapted to be threaded in the usual manner through apertures in the tailpiece, and anchoring is preferably effected by providing one end of the strap with a head and the other end with a nut fitted on the screwthreaded portion of the strap.

A device of this kind is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which represents a bottom view of the tailpiece and the connecting elements.

The device consists of a flexible metal strap a composed of a plurality of thin wires which are either twisted, braided or woven together. The strap is adapted to be threaded through the usual apertures f and g in the tailpiece i of a violin or similar musical instrument, which apertures extend from the inclined end surface of the tailpiece into a recess h. One end of the strap a is fitted with a head 6 which is unable to pass through the aperture and which therefore anchors the end of the strap to the tailpiece. The other end of the strap terminates in a screw spindle c on to which a nut d is screwed for anchoring this end of the strap to the tailpiece.-

The nut d is loosened or unscrewed to allow the loop of the strap a to be passed over the head of the tailpin, and the nut is thereupon re-applied and tightened up until the tailpiece is properly positioned on the instrument.

It is evident that this arrangement allows the tailpiece to be easily removed and reapplied without the renewal of the strap.

Both ends ofthe strap may, if desired, be adapted to take nuts (Z.

I claim:

1. A device for connecting the tailpiece to the tailpin of a bowed musical instrument,

comprising a flexible metal strap and detachable means for anchoring the ends of the strap to the tailpiece.

2. A device for connecting the tailpiece to the tailpin of a bowed musical instrument comprising a flexible metal strap composed of a plurality of thin intermeshing wires, and detachable means for anchoring the ends of the strap to the tailpiece.

3. A device for connecting the tailpiece to the tail pin of a bowed musical instrument comprising a flexible metal strap adapted to be threaded through apertures in the tai1- piece, and detachable means for anchoring the ends of the strap to the tailpiece.

4. A device for connecting the tailpiece to the tail pin of a bowed musical instrument, com rising a flexible metal strap adapted to be t readed through apertures in the tailpiece, one end of the strap being screwthreaded, a nut on the screw-threaded end,

and a head on the other end of the strap for anchoring the latter to the tail iece.

, PAUL SEC ENDORF. 

